Self-Defense: A Basic Course

Bruce Tegner is a specialist in self-defense adn sport forms of the marital arts. He is regarded as one of the world's outstanding authorities and innovators in the subject field. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1929. Both his parents were professional teachers of judo and jujitsu, and they

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began his formal instructipn when he was two years old! In a field where most individuals study only one specialty, Bruce Tegner's background is unusual. His educaiton covered many aspects of weaponless fighting as well as sword and stick techniques. At the age of twenty-one, after he had become California state judo champion, he gave up competition to devote himself completely to research, writing and teacher-training.

In the U.S. armed forces, Mr. Tegner trained instructors to teach military police tactics and unarmed combat and he coached sport judo teams. He has trained actors and devised fight scenes for films and television. From 1952 to 1967 he operated his own school in Hollywood, California, where he taught men, women and children, exceptionally gifted students and blind and disabled persons. He has devised many special courses, among them self-defense courses taught in physical education classes.

Bruce Tegner has many books in print in his subject field; they range from basic, practical self-defense to exotic forms of fighting for experts and enthusiasts. They are used in private and public schools, in recreation centers, by law enforcement agencies and by individuals throughout the world. Editions of Tegner titles have been published in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch.

Currently Bruce Tegner teaches classes at Moorpark College and Ventura College in California. He is a contributor to the Encyclopedia Americana.

Contents

New concepts of self-defense
Range of responses
Level of skill
Masculine myth
TV, movies & the image
Identification
Passivity is dangerous
Winners & losers
Body image & self-esteem
Physical activity
General competence
Guns for self-defense
Fighting in films
Avoidance
Hitchhiking
Defenses don't work against friends
How to use the book
Safety in practice
Tapping for safety
Work slowly
Working with a partner
Hand conditioning: A warning
Hand blows
Edge-of-the-hand choop
How to strike
Close-in target areas
Effects of the blows
Heel-of-palm blow
Poking
Hammer blow
Fist blow
Kicking for self-defense
Practical kicks
Stamp kick
Block & parry
Slapping parry
Slashing parry
Response to front reach
Blocking the four quarters
Gestures of assertion
The jolly bully
The hand squeezer
The leaner
The shoulder puncher/back slapper
Bear hug
Butt grip
Fighting stances: Pro & con
Ready stances
Quick response to back threat
Distraction
Feinting distractions
Spin arounds
Arm spin-around
Body spin-around
Judo throws
Takedowns
Foreward takedown
Back takedown
Holds & locks for restraint
Basic arm bar
Rear bent-arm lock
Complete defenses
On-going defense
Flexible combinations
Complete combinations
Yelling as a defense aid
Full-nelson release
Headlock releases
Forearm choke: Mugging defense
Defenses against kicking assaults
Toe kick/knee kick
Pin escape
Rigid weapon assaults
Outside swing
Back-handed swing
Flexible weaons
Yoking arm pin release
Knife assault defense
Close-in kinfe threat
Arterword
Further sutdy
Choosing a school
Does teacher need a black belt?
Colored belts
Index

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